Horological Meandering

There are some positive accidents, in life. I noticed a strange vintage diving watch in the window display of a famous parisian watch dealer, in... 2010. Two years after, the watch was still here, like if nobody wanted it... The watch in question? This Mi...  

Very enlightening review.. I like your black dial more than white dial. It is giving me more excitement and sense of dimensionality.

...seems to be a very fine piece of vintage watch! And yes, black dial is best. Greetings, Ron

I agree the black one seems the most attractive and the colours seem to stand out better. The decompression set up seems very complicated to me; I would have been out of air by the time I worked it out! Regards Kev.

Your sharing of some horological history is appreciated. M4

what a delightful watch

Thanks for sharing! Regarding which is more rare, as you mention in your review, black or white versions, feel free to check out my serial number project for the Mido 5907 at my Alpha Hands site (). I keep it as up-to-date as possible with all of the Mido... 

Your collection is mindblowing. You have so many clean, cool and special watches. Truly amazing. How many do you have? 50 plus?

Always learning something new in this domain. Very enlightening. Dave

Did make some pretty cool watches in the past... This one definitely is unique and in such a lovely condition! Such a great catch Nicolas! Sam